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MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANGIOSPERMS 



Myrtaceae, vascular system, cortical, 406 



xylem, 51 

 Myrtiflorae, node, 25 

 Myzodendron, flower, 277 



Najadaceae, flower, 440 



ovule, 269 



relationships, 412 



stipules, 13 

 Najas, anther, 142 



carpel, 227, 357 



hydrophily, 172 



microsporangia, 115 



pollen, 163 



stamen, 112 



stamen number, 104 



stipules, 16 



transmitting tissue, 202 

 Nandina, androecium, 100 



gynoecium, 240, 242 



ovule, 263, 413 

 Narcissus, inflorescence, 72 

 Narthecium, embryo, 329 



seed, 329 

 Naumburgki, androecium, 103 

 Neck of cotyledon, adnation of hypo- 

 cotyl to, 335, 336 



description, 330, 340 



elongated, 334, 335, 338, 339 



fusion, 336, 340 



incorporation in mesocotyl, 352 



sheath connate to, 338, 348 

 Nectaries, anatomy, 152 



definition, 152 



floral, 152 



insect evolution parallel with develop- 

 ment, 469 



morphology, 152, 153 



position, 153, 154 



septal, 232, 439, 441, 447, 448 



staminal, 98, 99, 101, 172, 419, 463 



types, 152, 428 

 Nelumbo, cotyledons connate, 344, 359, 

 360 



gynoecium, 398, 413, 417, 418, 431 



monocotyledony, 418 



ovary, 246 



ovule number, 270 



placentation, 210, 211, 216, 390, 416 



receptacle, 418 



stamen, 119, 120, 122 

 Nepenthes, anther dehiscence, 167 

 Nerium, ovule, 278 

 "New Morphology," 131, 147 

 Nicotiana, polyembryony, 346 

 siphonostelic axis, 24 



Nigella, syncarpy, 413 



false, 231, 233 

 Nipa, flowers, 447 

 fruit, 448 

 perianth, 447 

 stamens, 447 

 Nipple, 277, 279, 280 

 Node, anatomy, 5, 25, 26, 28, 29, 73 

 CasuariTui, 436, 437 

 definition, 6 



evolutionary development, 24, 25 

 multilacunar, 11, 16, 24, 25 

 primitive, 217 



ranalian, 388, 391, 399, 402, 404, 405, 

 408, 411, 418, 420, 421, 423, 430, 

 431 

 trace number in, 25 

 traces in primitive, 20 

 trilacunar, in stipulate taxa, 14, 24, 25 

 unilacunar, 11, 24, 25 

 Nucellar beak, 304 

 Nucellus, calotte, 261, 266, 271 

 definition, 256, 267 

 degree of persistence, 266, 294, 371, 



413, 372, 433 

 evolutionary history, 261 

 massive, 263, 264, 272, 291, 416 

 modifications, 262 

 nature, 283, 284 

 parietal cells, 261 



reduction, 34, 262, 263, 276, 279, 282 

 specialization, 265 

 tracheids, 275, 276 

 uniseriate, 293 

 vascular supply, 304 

 (See also Ovule) 

 Nuphar, anther, 130 

 ovary, 246 

 perianth, 417 

 placentation, 210 

 stamens, 27, 132 

 Nut, 380 



NuijtsM, polycotyledony, 343 

 Nyctaginaceae, entomophily, 173 



ornithophily, 172 

 Nijmphaea, anther, 129 

 cotyledons, 360 

 ovary, 246 

 petals, 120, 417 

 placentation, 208 

 stamens, 120, 417 

 Nymphaeaceae, androecium, 96, 416 

 anther dehiscence, 417 

 carpel, 224 

 characters, 416 

 corolla, 425 

 embryo, 313, 359 



